The hotel is also the ideal starting point for visiting the charming towns and villages of the Cotentin. Barfleur, a picturesque fishing port with a prestigious past, is proud to be classified as one of the "Most Beautiful Villages in France". It is currently the only one to have obtained this label in the Manche department. Cherbourg, known for its port, its umbrellas, its harbor and its Cité de la Mer (a family park not to be missed in Normandy) offers an extraordinary history.
The village of Sainte-Mère-Eglise
The first town in the Cotentin region to be liberated by American paratroopers (one of them was left hanging in the church tower) is perfectly situated to discover the D-Day landing beaches. Further away, the cities of Bayeux and Caen have kept a remarkable heritage despite the bombings. Caen with its 18th century mansions, its abbeys, its ramparts which protected the castle of William the Conqueror, its memorial. Bayeux with its cathedral, jewel of Norman architecture, its tapestry (listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site), its medieval old town...
On the west coast of Cotentin
Granville, the untamed one, has a proud appearance on its rocky promontory which already announces Brittany. At the end of the Bay of Mont Saint Michel, facing the sea that heckles it and the wind that grays it, Granville resists, vibrates and intoxicates all those that the call of the open sea makes dream.